Archive for February, 2008
10 Questions with Andrew Mason of ThePoint.com
If you haven’t seen the (relatively) new site, The Point take a swing by. The concept is extremely interesting (more on that below), but I’ve been blown away by the way they’ve designed the site. A social designer like myself gets all giddy when feature after hoped-for feature is there, creating a fantastic user experience. [...]
SXSW Panel: “Edit Me! How Gamers are Adopting the Wiki Way”
Last year I swore that I wasn’t going to volunteer to speak at SXSW. Last year I had to cut my party time short in order to get some rest before my early morning session. But SXSW is showing itself to be like the mob: just when you think you’re out…they pull you back in. [...]
Shame on you, American Airlines.
I’ve always believed that you learn more about a person (or a company) when things are bad than you ever learn about them when things are good.Like many others, I’ve complained about American Airlines in the past because of their poor treatment of their customers.
Today, however, I was more disgusted by this company than I’ve [...]
“There’s a New Conversation” - NYC this week
I’ll be in New York this week, speaking at “There’s a New Conversation“. It’s shaping up to be a great deal of fun, and if you’re in NYC, stop by! It’s inexpensive and content filled - what could be better?
1:00 — Revisiting The Cluetrain Manifesto, Ten Years Later
- Doc Searls, co-author of “The Cluetrain Manifesto” [...]
CommunityCamp ‘08
CommunityCamp ‘08 - Dallas took place this weekend. We had a great space thanks to the Improving Enterprises folks. The event was incredibly fun, and I’m finding myself more and more excited about upcoming unconferences. This event was small, casual, and extremely helpful.
In my goal of Speaking Less, Helping More I didn’t do a session. [...]
Rapid Fire - Sunday, February 10
Tell the T.S.A. (and Don’t Hold Back) - New York Times
The New York Times looks at the TSA blog. Good review, overall.
Tags: politics, corporateblog, dailylinks
» Questions
Like Ask a Ninja, only more nerdy. “Ask Palpatine is a way for you to get to know the Dark lord of the Sith, in puppet form. Send him questions [...]
Derek’s newest effort: Pixish.com
Community rockstar, Derek Powazek (the guy that literally wrote the book on community) has launched a new site that is quite fascinating. Here’s his announcement from last night.
Hello and thank you for signing up to be notified when Pixish launches. As of this moment, Pixish is alive!
SHORT VERSION: Pixish is a new site where you [...]
Rapid Fire - Saturday, February 09
Managing Online Forums: Everything You Know Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards
Patrick’s support site is live for his new book, “Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards”.
Tags: forums, forummoderation, communitymanagement, dailylinks
The New Focus Groups: Online Networks - WSJ.com
A good article [...]
Rapid Fire - Friday, February 08
Five Magazines You Have Never Read - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
“Someone famous (Ogilvy?) said that it was a good idea to make a habit of picking up magazines that are outside of your usual set. The ones below would probably work.” Onion World? Seriously? An entire magazine dedicated to the nastiest vegetable on [...]
The Things I Can’t Travel Without
Since it’s Friday and I’ve already shared more personal stuff this week than I normally do, I figured I’d step up to Josh’s challenge and share the travel goodies that you’ll find with on every trip.
Wenger backpack and/or rolling bag: I work hard on every trip I take to do two things, a) avoid checking [...]
